laundry mark

laundry mark
An identifying marking, usually in coded form and handwritten in indelible ink on an inconspicuous area of a garment, widely used until the mid-20th century as an organizing aid by merchants who cleaned and pressed clothing.

One of his shirt cuffs . . . bore a laundry mark, and the detectives finally located the laundry in this city.


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